MUELICK, HANS (Germ.). Painter, Engraver, and Chaser of Munich, circ. 1575. He is mentioned by Plon, Benvenuto Cellini, PP. 352-3, as having made a sword-handle ornamented with medallions and other ornaments. The Muelick mentioned here may be " Meister Müller ", or Konstantine Müller.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
MOLL, ANTON
MOLL, ANTON (Austr.). Chief-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1754-1758. He had been Assistant-engraver from 1750-1754. His signature : A. MOLL F. occurs also on medals, as on that of 1757, commemorating the Victory of Count Daun over the Prussians at Kolin, and a religious Badge with representation of Christ and the Virgin. Moll was the son of a Tyrolian sculptor; he married in 1757 a sculptor's widow, Francesca Donner, but died in the following year. Bibliography. — Katalog der K. K. Münzstempel...
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MOLL, ANTON (Austr.). Chief-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1754-1758. He had been Assistant-engraver from 1750-1754. His signature : A. MOLL F. occurs also on medals, as on that of 1757, commemorating the Victory of Count Daun over the Prussians at Kolin, and a religious Badge with representation of Christ and the Virgin. Moll was the son of a Tyrolian sculptor; he married in 1757 a sculptor's widow, Francesca Donner, but died in the following year. Bibliography. — Katalog der K. K. Münzstempel...
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MOLOSSOS
MOLOSSOS (Greek). Mint-engraver at Thurium, circ. 404-388 B.C. All scholars, Raoul Rochette, von Sallet, Brunn, Dr Head, Evans, Blanchet, etc., are agreed that the signature MO?O??O? on Thurian coins refers to the Engraver of the dies and not to a magistrate. On a Didrachm in the British Museum collection, the artist's full signature occurs on the exergual line of the R, and abbreviated to M on the obv., a repetition of the same signature on both sides of coins, which has already been observed o...
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MOLOSSOS (Greek). Mint-engraver at Thurium, circ. 404-388 B.C. All scholars, Raoul Rochette, von Sallet, Brunn, Dr Head, Evans, Blanchet, etc., are agreed that the signature MO?O??O? on Thurian coins refers to the Engraver of the dies and not to a magistrate. On a Didrachm in the British Museum collection, the artist's full signature occurs on the exergual line of the R, and abbreviated to M on the obv., a repetition of the same signature on both sides of coins, which has already been observed o...
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MONDELLA, GALEAZZO
MONDELLA, GALEAZZO (Ital.). Gem-engraver of Verona, mentioned by Vasari as one of the cleverest artists of the first half of the sixteenth century. Molinier suggests the attribution to him of a plaque, engraved on chalcedony, representing Septimius Severus ordering the body of Albinus to be decapitated (Berlin Museum). Bibliography. — Molinier, Les Plaquettes, 1886. — Vasari, op. cit. — Mariette, op. cit. — Babelon, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Bode, Die Italienischen Bronzen, Berlin, 1904....
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MONDELLA, GALEAZZO (Ital.). Gem-engraver of Verona, mentioned by Vasari as one of the cleverest artists of the first half of the sixteenth century. Molinier suggests the attribution to him of a plaque, engraved on chalcedony, representing Septimius Severus ordering the body of Albinus to be decapitated (Berlin Museum). Bibliography. — Molinier, Les Plaquettes, 1886. — Vasari, op. cit. — Mariette, op. cit. — Babelon, op. cit. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Bode, Die Italienischen Bronzen, Berlin, 1904....
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MONNERON, FRÉRES
MONNERON, FRÉRES (French). Issuers of Tokens or private currency in 1791-2, also of various commemorative medals of the Revolution. Hennin mentions the following : Message of the King to the National Assembly, 1791; — General La Fayette, 1791 (by Rambert Dumarest; several varieties); — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1791 (by Dumarest ; sev. var.) ; — Médaille de Confiance of 5 Sols, 1791, Type, so-called : au Pacte fédératif, or au Serment by Dupré ; many varieties); — Médaille de Confiance of 2 Sols, 1...
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MONNERON, FRÉRES (French). Issuers of Tokens or private currency in 1791-2, also of various commemorative medals of the Revolution. Hennin mentions the following : Message of the King to the National Assembly, 1791; — General La Fayette, 1791 (by Rambert Dumarest; several varieties); — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1791 (by Dumarest ; sev. var.) ; — Médaille de Confiance of 5 Sols, 1791, Type, so-called : au Pacte fédératif, or au Serment by Dupré ; many varieties); — Médaille de Confiance of 2 Sols, 1...
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